Packing-table.



W. E. BROCK & S. H. HUBBARD. PACKING TABLE.

APPLICATION IILED MAR. 9, 1911.

1,028,670, Patented June 4, 1912.

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ATTOR/Vf) W. E. BROOK & S. H. HUBBARD.

PACKING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1911.

Patented June 4, 1912.

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I UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

WILLIAM E. EBOCK AND STEPHEN H. HUBBARD, 0F CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

PACKING-TABLE.

Application filed March 9, 1911. Serial No. 618,294.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIA E. BRoox and STEPHEN H. HUBBARD, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamiltonand State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements inPacking-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a revolving packing table for facilitating thedisposition of candy devices or other material in boxes or packages, orin some uses to so arrange the parts of packages, boxes or otherarticles that the latter may be readily assembled.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a revolving packingtable having means for holding candies of various kinds inseparate-compartments which are successively brought adjacent to apacker to enable the latter to conveniently pick up different shaped andflavored pieces that enter into the make-up of an original packagewhereby uniform packages are produced having the same assortment thereinwith every piece in the same place in every package so that all thepackages will be exact duplicates.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for rendering thepacking of boxes or other inclosures expeditiousand to avoid marring ofcertain delicate candies, such as chocolates and bonbons, while beingpacked.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a revolvingpacking table that takes up considerable less floor space than theoblong stationary table usually employed and without detracting from thecapacity of the said usual packing tables.

With these and other objects and advantages in view the inventionconsists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts whichwill be more fully hereinafter described and claimed in preferred form,the drawings illustrating one practical embodiment of the table andwhich may be .modified in proportions, dimensions and details ofconstruction as well as operating means without departing from the scopeof the claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a revolving packingtable embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a similarviewof the .tablebroken away in part and shown in section. Fig. 3 is amechanism. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the table showing a portionthereof broken away. Fig. 5 illustrates detail views of one of thesupply receptacles or boxes in which candles or articles of the samekind are orlg'mally stored.

The table comprises three essential parts, conslstmg of an outer fixedrim or section 2 wh1ch constitutes the packing rest for-the operatlves,a rotatable annular carrier 3 for holding the receptacle containing thecandles or materials of the same kind in each and elevated above thefixed rim or ledge 2, and an mner fixed support 8 of circular form whichwill be utilized as a means forv holdmg the empty boxes or packages tobe filled w thin easy reaching distance of the operatives.

Th e fixed rim or support 2 has a depending flange or guard 1, andattached thereto is a plurality of radial arms or supports 6 whichproject inwardly and are secured to the head of a pedestal or stand 18,which is hollow and has a post 19 extending upwardly through the centerand above the same and attached to the under side of the center of theinner circular support 8. The annular carrier. 3 is also provided with adepending guard wall or flange 4 which terminates below the uppersurface of the fixed rim or support 2, and extending radially inwardfrom the said carrier is a plurality of arms or spokes 7 which are fixedto a gear 10 having free rotative movement around the post 19, the upperend of the latter being preferably secured to the support 8 through themedium of a plate 9. Between the lower central portion of the gear 10and the head of the pedestal or stand .18, antifrictional balls 11 areinterposed to ease the movement of the carrier 3. The movement of thecarrier 3 is also eased by the provision of antifrictional rollers 26supported on the arms 6 and engaging the under side of the said carrier,as clearly shown by Figs. 2 and 4.

The rotating carrier 3 .is provided with a plurality of partitionsradially disposed thereon and dividing the top surface into equal spacesfor the purpose of holding trays or containing devices. in which thecandy or other articles to be packed are originally disposed. Thesepartitions 3 detail. view of a part of the operating.

Patented J une4, 1912.

provide compartments open at their inner and outer ends, of a shapecorresponding to that .ofthe trays or containing devices for the candiesorarticles of one kind so that kind of candies or articles. may be theSame disposed between each two partitions, the partitions by theirinward convergence preventin the trays, as 3%, from being pushed inwarly 'beyonda predetermined distance. The trays containing thedistinctvkinds of candies or articlesto be packed are of the form shownby Fig. 5 and are pushed 1nwardly between the partitions 3 from theouter edge of the carrier 3, vand the side .walls of the said trayssnugly engage the partitions so thatthe trays will be prevented fromslipping out of placeand held positively in fixed position during therotation of the carrier. As the trays 3? become emptied they will bewithdrawn and re-. placed by trays containing similar candies orarticles. The shape of'thetrays 3 also facilitates the close packing ofthe same on shelves by alternately reversing each tray and bringing thesides into contact.

On the lower portion of the pedestal or stand 18 a bracket 24 is fixed,and thereon is mounted a motor 17, preferably of the electric,type,'having. a worm shaft 20 pro.-

V jecting therefrom, asshown by Fig.3, the said worm shaft being held incontinual mesh with a worm wheel 14 keyed on a vertical shaft 13supported at its lower end a bracket 16 and at its upper portionrotatably held in a bracket 15 secured to the head of the fpedestal orstand 18. On

the upper end 0 the shaft 13a pinion 12 is fixed and held in continualmesh with the gear wheel 10, and by this means the carrier 3 isregularly rotated. Itwill be understood that the electric motor '17 willbe supplied with a current of electricity "from a suitable source ofgeneration at a means and it is propose distance from the table. Themeans for operating the carrier 3 as just explained is very compact, butthe invention is not in the least limited by this articular operatingdto utilize any suitable driving mechanism.

In fastening the several parts, such as the arms 6' and 7 and the plate9 respectively to the fixed rim 2, carrier 3, support 8and head of thepedestal or stand 18, suitable fastening devlces 21, 22 and 23 will beused.

In the use ofthe table a number of operatives are seated around the samewith a box or package to be filled in front of each. The drivingmechanism is set in. motion and the carrier'regularly rotated to bringthe trays 3 successively in front of eachoperative who picks out a pieceof .candy or other article contained in each tray and deposits it in thecontaining boxes in regular order so. that each box may contain the samekinds of candy or articles in the same order and all the boxes willtherefore be uniformly packed. As each box is filled the suitablereceptacle therefor and immediately take an emptybox or package from thesupport 8vwithout requiring departure from the table.- It will be seenthat boxes or packages may thus bequickly and reliably pieces formingthe contents, the latter being of the delicacy of some candies, such aschocolates and bonbons.

packing candy, but as hereinbefore indicated it may beused forassembling other articles inpackages, but in some instances it mayconveniently serve as: a means for carrying separate 'which will beindividually picked "up and associated or packed as maybe desired. 3 Oneofthe most'important advantages of the improved rotary packing table isthe as compared to the-ordinary oblong packing tables, and, further,t1placing before each operative in succession e trays containing thedifferent kinds of candies or'articles to be packed without requiringthe operative to reach for containing devices having the candies orarticles therein to be packed.

What is claimed as newis:

a central fixed support having a horizonble annular carrier between thesaidfixed rim and support and having its upper surface on a level withthe up er surface of said support and provided with a plurality spaceswhich are fully open at their outer and inner extremities and upperportions to receive receptacles containing candy or material to bepacked, and a supporting the table as a whole.

a central fixed support havin a horizontally flat unobstructed top surace elevated same elevation, a rotatable annular carrier between thesaidrim and support and havmg its upper surface on a level with the amaterially. advantageous feature in view 1 tally flat unobstructed topsurface elevated remaining at the same elevation and dis: posed abovethe plane. of'the rim, a rotataof vertical partitions extendingtransversely thereover in radial planes to form 3. In a packing table,an-out'er fixed rim,

operative will put the same one side any packed without ma l-ring, orscoring the.

The table has been primarilydevised for arts of various devices.

economy 1n space without affecting capacity 1. In a packing table, anouter fixedrim,

pedestal for p above the rim and always remaining at the r upper surfaceof said support and surrounding the latter, a pedestal for the table asa whole and located centrally with respect to the latter, the spaceunder the fixed rim being clear, and means for maintaining a regularrotation of the carrier.

4. In a packing table, an annular rotatable carrier having a pluralityof radially arranged inwardly converged partitions disposed on the uppersurfacet-hereof and extending fully across the same, the spaces betweenthe partitions being open at their inner and outer extremities and attheir top portions to receive receptacles containing candy or materialto be packed, the said receptacles being prevented from being pushedinwardly beyond the inner termin als of thepartitions, combined with afixed run arranged outside of the carrier and below the plane of thelatter to .hold packing 20 WILLIAM E. BROOK. STEPHEN H. HUBBARD.

\Vitnesses:

F. L. GATES, W. J. N AILER.

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